This article continues my series of monthly updates on the ratings and attendances of club football games in Australia across all four codes.

The NRL got the two top spots in the Fox ratings for May. The Rabbitohs were involved in both games, taking top spot in their Monday night game against the Dragons (321,000) in the only football game for the month to breach 300,000 in ratings.

The Storm continued their run of solid ratings with second spot for their match against the Rabbitohs (296,000). The Storm also got a high rating for last Monday’s game, but that figure will appear in the June article.

The A-League finals series culminated in a grand final win to Melbourne Victory, and that game against Sydney FC took fifth spot (251,000). No other A-League games made the top 45 (cut-off at 145,000).

The AFL’s highest rating game was Hawthorn versus the Swans (264,000) coming in third. The next highest AFL game finished sixth with Essendon versus North Melbourne (247,000).

A notable entry in our list for the AFL is Carlton versus the Giants, which finished in eighth spot (239,000).

Of our list of 45, 29 are AFL games, 15 are NRL games and the grand final was the sole appearance for the A-League. Five NRL games make up the top 10.

No Super Rugby games made the list.

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The AFL dominates the attendances, although the A-League finals and one exhibition match make notable appearances.

Of the top 30 home-and-away games, 29 of them are AFL games. The one game which was not an AFL game belongs to Super Rugby, with 26,971 watching the Waratahs versus Crusaders which finished 30th.

The most attended game for the May was the Dreamtime clash between Richmond versus Essendon, attracting 83,804 fans. Carlton versus Collingwood finished in second spot with 71,759. The exhibition game between Sydney FC and Tottenham Hotspur attracted 71,500 and finished in third spot.

Only 29,843 saw the A-League grand final, but the semi-final between the Victory and Melbourne City, played at Etihad, attracted 50,837, which was seventh.

The highest NRL game came in at 35th, with 24,566 watching the Broncos play the Panthers.